Rossell

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Valencian Community requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.

DL 1/2021, art. 211. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1989. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 17 wells and boreholes in Rossell. Half of the 12 with a depth found water at 140–405 m. 6 springs are recorded.

Ground: 37% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 25% low permeability, local groundwater only; 16% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 14% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 8.5% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 3 ha, in 2026.
• 0.6% of the municipality lies in the 500-year flood zone.
• 55% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 12% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 80%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 597 mm a year (1971–2000), about 513 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.7 °C, about 31 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 15 a year, about 5 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Canet lo Roig · San Rafael del Río · la Pobla de Benifassà · La Sénia · Vallibona